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    09/05/2019
    A draft U.K. statutory instrument to onshore into U.K. law, post-Brexit, the revised Capital Requirements Regulation (known as CRR II) has been published – the Capital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (2019 No. 1232). CRR II and the revised Capital Requirements Directive were published in the Official Journal of the European Union on June 7, 2019. Subject to certain exceptions, the Regulation amending CRR will not apply directly across the EU from June 28, 2021. However, some of its provisions are already in force. EU Member States are required to transpose the Directive amending CRD into their national laws and to apply those provisions from December 29, 2020, subject to certain exceptions.

    The new U.K. statutory instrument amends the existing U.K. exit legislation to address deficiencies arising due to the changes made in CRR II, but only those changes that will be applicable by October 31, 2019. These changes relate to new definitions, revisions to the rules on what qualifies as capital, new mandates for technical standards to be prepared and some changes to the Minimum Requirements for Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL). In addition, the statutory instrument removes the automatic preferential capital treatment for EU exposures introduced by CRR II. This aligns with the position taken in the existing exit legislation. It is anticipated that in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the U.K. regulators may use their temporary powers to suspend the additional capital requirements for such exposures.

    View the amending regulation and explanatory memorandum.

    View details of CRR II.

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